When you mix, love, joy, peace, patience kindness together, like "mixing them together in a soup" it forms a beautiful life. You find that's the definition of God. That's who He is. And that same love is what He wants to give to us too...

When you look at what "LOVE" is, here are a few descriptions: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control...." Galatians 5:22-23.

You know when you think about those qualities, they're pretty great, but when you "mix" them all up together, you come up with something beautiful. That's who God is. He's patient with us, gentle, He's kind and faithful to us. Think about that for a second. Not only that but God gives joy (happiness) and peace.

In I Corinthians it talks about how love is patient, love is kind, love does not envy..."

Think about that for a second. If you don't have hope in God, what DO you have? You don't have any hope to live with God when you die and every moment we live, we have to scrape to get what we want before we die. Ask yourself how easy it is to not envy your neighbor with no one but yourself at the wheel? I know...I've been there.

But with God's love we don't need to envy our neighbor no matter what awesome thing he/she has. Why? Because God is "I AM that I AM" and has power to give us whatever we want. Ok, just so you understand me, God's not Santa Claus but check this out:

"Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4.

The KEY here is to find delight in God. You ask how can I do that? Well, think about our very lives. We can breath, smell, see things, touch, hear! What about the whole of creation outside our door? The trees, the sky, the grass, the flowers...then go back in your house and see your family. Look down at your cell phone and think of your friends. Surely there's a lot to say "thanks God" for!

And if we give our lives to God and place our hearts in his hands, He will come and live within us and fill us with his love. If we set aside each day to spend time each time with God, we can delight in his beauty.

Not impressed? Let's look at it from a different angle! In the Bible it also says in I John:

"If a man say he loves God, but hates his brother, than he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." I John 4:20

and...

"Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, an you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." I John 3:15

Just so you understand this verse, remember that murder starts as a seed in our hearts and it all begins with hate.

One more:

"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44

DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

God is the exact opposite of this. And we can live in joy and peace instead of hatred and anger. Love builds us up but hate tears us down. I remember hearing a possible quote from Confucius that said: " Seek revenge and you should dig two graves, one for yourself." So living a life apart from Gods love brings death (internally first).

Living in Gods love means that we can live by truth and don't need to hide behind lies.

Have you ever wondered who would ever want and decide that they wanted to live their life hiding behind lies anyway - I mean if they had a fresh start and could decide without fear? Well the world is a strange place but I wouldn't choose it.

In I Corinthians 13 it talks about "love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth." I mean evil gain is sweet at first but turns to gravel in their mouths.*

(*Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel." Proverbs 20:17

Ok, one more verse to sum it all up: "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I (Jesus) came that they may have life and have it abundantly." John 10:10.

This is the life I'm talking about. The "mix" of all the qualities of Gods love. The mixture of love, joy, peace patience, kindness...The beauty of a life full of real love!

This is the AWESOME life God offers us when we trust in Him. A life with extreme love in all its fullness:

"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son so that anyone who believes (trusts) in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

Ask Jesus to forgive you today and come into your life and truly change you from within. He will.

Have questions? I would love to hear from you too.

~Albie

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For those couples so eager to call it quits and throw in the towel on your relationship because everything isn't 'perfect'...here is some food for thought:

"Lifelong commitment is not what most people think it is. It's not waking up every morning to make breakfast and eat together. It's not cuddling in bed until both of you fall asleep. It's not a clean home filled with laughter and love making every day.

It's someone who steals all the covers and snores, it's slammed doors and a few harsh words at times.

It's stubbornly disagreeing and giving each other the silent treatment until your hearts heal, and then forgiveness.

It's coming home to the same person every day that you know loves and cares about you in spite of, and because of, who you are.

It's laughing about the one time you accidentally did something stupid.

It's about dirty laundry and unmade beds.

It's about helping each other with the hard work of life.

It's about swallowing the nagging words instead of saying them out loud.

It's about eating the easiest meal you can make and sitting down together at a late hour because you both had a crazy day.

It's when you have an emotional breakdown and your love lays down with you and holds you, and tells you everything is going to be okay. And you believe them.

It's about still loving someone even though sometimes they make you absolutely insane.

Loving someone isn't always easy, sometimes it's hard. But, it is amazing and comforting and one of the best things you will ever experience."

If you are blessed to have a wonderful partner in your life, then share this with someone.

By Thomas Augustine or anonymous

~Albie

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